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Here are examples of good alignment (just spot-checking directly in the Spacebook Explorer tool...
October 22, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Here are examples of good alignment (just spot-checking directly in the Spacebook Explorer tool...
, which again indicates that the orbit planar orientation has uncertainties.
Cases where this can happen include:
-- The vehicle did a cross-plane maneuver, which the ISS potentially could have done.
-- The observations don't nail down the orbit plane, due to a lack of geographic diversity.
Cases where this can happen include:
-- The vehicle did a cross-plane maneuver, which the ISS potentially could have done.
-- The observations don't nail down the orbit plane, due to a lack of geographic diversity.
October 22, 2024 at 2:48 PM
, which again indicates that the orbit planar orientation has uncertainties.
Cases where this can happen include:
-- The vehicle did a cross-plane maneuver, which the ISS potentially could have done.
-- The observations don't nail down the orbit plane, due to a lack of geographic diversity.
Cases where this can happen include:
-- The vehicle did a cross-plane maneuver, which the ISS potentially could have done.
-- The observations don't nail down the orbit plane, due to a lack of geographic diversity.
This can be an indication that the orbit solution has uncertainties in orbit inclination, as you can see in the example figure below. It can additionally be instructive to enable viewing of the velocity covariance as well (red ellipsoids in the figure)
October 22, 2024 at 2:47 PM
This can be an indication that the orbit solution has uncertainties in orbit inclination, as you can see in the example figure below. It can additionally be instructive to enable viewing of the velocity covariance as well (red ellipsoids in the figure)
Hi Jonathan - great question.
The synthetic covariance process does largely track the in-track direction, but there are cases where it can be offset from in-track direction for the major axis of the error ellipsoid.
The synthetic covariance process does largely track the in-track direction, but there are cases where it can be offset from in-track direction for the major axis of the error ellipsoid.
October 22, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Hi Jonathan - great question.
The synthetic covariance process does largely track the in-track direction, but there are cases where it can be offset from in-track direction for the major axis of the error ellipsoid.
The synthetic covariance process does largely track the in-track direction, but there are cases where it can be offset from in-track direction for the major axis of the error ellipsoid.